What happens when a young How To Train Your Dragon fan wakes up into his favourite fictional world?
Welcome to my first ever fanfic story. Hopefully you aren't disappointed with what I've written here. I had a ton of fun doing it, and my main goal was to make it vicarious. If there's anything I should improve on, feel free to message me, and I'll happily adapt.
Morgan wasn't one to fascinate with animated films, but one in particular caught his eye; How To Train Your Dragon. Everytime it catches the mind of the 17 year old teen, the idea of a cute, harmless yet tough, cat looking dragon being your protector and best friend made Morgan wish the island of Berk was real. It was emotional on top of that. Weirdly enough, Morgan never shared any of this with anyone he knew; he didn't want to be picked on for such things. He'd always imagine scenarios of him going to Berk, meeting everyone, and whilst he thought the dragons were cute, he knew he'd be afraid of them regardless. After all, in his world, dragons are no more than fictional creatures, so to see not one, but plenty in person would obviously be a life changing experience for Morgan.
Of course, being the nerdy gamer that he is, Morgan enjoyed music from games. In this case, the songs from HTTYD really caught his attention. As mentioned before, the music would help him to imagine scenarios; ones where he'd be afraid of the dragons, but ultimately befriend Hiccup. He was in the mindset that the dragons would be wary of somebody from a modern society, not that they would know that, but it still stuck in his brain.
It was the 16th of April 2017, 11:30PM at night, and Morgan was yawning as he finally got into bed. He tucked into his covers as he took one final glance at his phone for world news; nothing of interest sparked his mind, and thus put his phone back down to the side of his bed. It was a given that every night before sleeping, Morgan would look at his phone for politics, or just something random to search. He drifted off quite instantly as he shut his eyes; it was wonderful. The feeling of being relaxed really helped him settle in. He fell asleep, all ready for the next day, as he planned to do an Easter egg hunt for his little brother and sister. Little did he know however, the next day would bring out a whole new surprise.
******NEXT DAY******
When we sleep, it doesn't feel like 10 hours go by; instead, it feels like 10 minutes. This was exactly how Morgan felt when his body awakened and he kept his eyes shut for a lie in. Something was off, though. The wind wasn't being heard outside of his room, but instead, it was blowing right in his face. He felt his hair being blown. Of course, being the lazy person he is, he reached out for a window, with his eyes half closed, thinking that he forgot to close it the night before. He pulled his fingers out in the form of a handle, trying to reach for one; but instead, he rolled onto a wet surface after pulling his arm forwards; almost as if it was on a beach. He opened his eyes fully, to see grass surrounding him next to a lake. Out of surprise, he jumped up off the floor, still in his pyjamas, but his clothes were besides where he slept. He looked around to see stone walls in a circular formation with trees that contained fog. The stone walls themselves contained moss on them. To Morgan, this looked like a cove. The lake saw land surrounding it in pretty much every direction; and there were some mud lines on the floor not far from where he woke up; again, that also rung a bell. He also saw a huge stick at the end of it, and that too rung a bell.
"W-woah...what the hell!?" he mumbled, abit panicked.
It suddenly hit on him. He questioned to himself "Isn't this the Cove from b..b-...Berk?" the mentioning of that name made his heart race, not in panic, but in excitement.
He realised where he was; he somehow became stranded on the Isle of Berk; the destination of all the dragons and the vikings including Hiccup, Astrid and everyone else! One of the contributing factors of recognising this place was from the drawings layed on the floor with a huge stick; they were clearly from the time Toothless and Hiccup first bonded. Morgan, still in his pyjamas, wanted reassurance, and so he walked over to the area in which the drawings were layed and took one close glance at them. To his surprise, they looked similar from the bonding of Hiccup and Toothless.
"Oh my...it's true..I'm gonna be able to meet Hiccup and, oh my god!" he just bursted out of excitement and started skipping in laps across the cove.
He then proceeded to reenact the moment where Hiccup was stepping over the lines drawn by Toothless to not draw anger out of the Dragon. He stuck his hand out in the position Toothless sat at, and pretended to touch him. He was that excited, he even started yelling out their names from the Cove.
"HICCCCCCCUPPPPP, TOOOOOOOOOTHLESSSSSSSSSSS!" he sprouted from his big mouth.
He wondered how they'd react to somebody from the present meeting them; but again, Morgan's fight or flight senses would probably get the best of him when he stumbles upon one of the Viking's Dragons. He walked back over to where his clothes were, and dressed them up over his pyjamas, not having any safe place to put them incase he comes back here. His phone dropped out of the pocket of his jeans. It was at the charge percentage of 40%, whereas last night it was at 70%. This was typical because Morgan's phone would weirdly lose charge even though it'd be turned off for the rest of the night. He still had some data, thankfully, incase he wanted to play some music off the internet. He deleted all of his music off his playlist the night before.
"Right, calm down Morgan, you're on Berk...but I need to find them..." He reassured himself, still containing excitement on the fact he'll probably get to befriend Toothless and maybe replace Hiccup as his best friend.
He walked over to a couple of boulders before stopping to notice a round shield...it was stuck in place between two smaller boulders. Morgan remembered this from that same scene; Hiccup was handing Toothless some fish, but he got his shield stuck before doing so. Morgan was surprised to see it was still there. Out of interest, he walked over to the shield, and tried budging it out. It was as still as the boulders surrounding it. On top of that, even though it was a wooden shield, the fact it has remained in this position for this long validates that it will never be able to be pushed out from in between the boulders. Morgan thought that the only way it'd ever come out would be from one of the Dragons of Berk, which again excited him. His stomach rumbled of hunger, realising that he doesn't have any form of breakfast. The only solution would be to get to the main village and look for the vikings. He was a picky one for food; he'd have two rounds of cereal for breakfast, and a bunch of junk food to cover lunch and dinner. He knew that Berk was NOTHING like that, so he may have to adapt to their type of foods. He put on his red T-Shirt to go with his jeans. He could cope without breakfast, but sooner or later his stomach will start to feel dry or empty. It was a priority to get to the village.
At this point, Morgan was visualising all the possible scenarious that could happen now he's somehow on Berk, the location of his favourite animated film. At the same time, he wonders what his family thinks about his disappearance and how he'll get back...if he ever will.
"This is incredible...I-I...I'm here...I'm on Berk...but man am I starving for breakfast," Morgan mumbled to himself.
He looked all over the cove, walking away from the drawings and the stuck shield to the shortest stone wall with moss. He noticed that he could perhaps climb his way up the stone walls. Just as he placed his hand on the stone wall, a voice emerged as well as a rushing gust of wind. This sent Morgan to run as fast as he ever has done before. He quickly ran back to the shield that was stuck in the boulders and climbed underneath it and ducked behind it. What he didn't know, because of how scared he was, was that his feet was exposed from the gap below the shield, but maybe that might not be noticeable by whoever just came into the cove? There was another sound right after Morgan hid, a landing sound, and a laugh. He slowly peaked over the round shield to glance at a black, cat-like creature alongside a person with a helmet with spikes coming out of it. Morgan recognised this person; it was Hiccup, and the black 'cat' as he initially thought, was actually the Dragon, Toothless. He was actually a lot more nervous than he expected, and even though it excited him that he'll get to meet Hiccup and maybe Toothless, the sheer presence of them made him shiver and his heart race. He listened closely, not making a single movement or sound.
"Oh bud, this brings back memories doesn't it?" Hiccup laughed, holding onto Toothless's head.
The dragon proceeded to knock Hiccup down onto his back and then roll along with him, playfully. Morgan was fascinated, but he knew why they were here, at least, that's what he thought. They wanted to revisit the cove in which they first met, but he could be entirely wrong. Morgan continued to peek at the two and saw Toothless lick the face of Hiccup, with Hiccup yelling in disgust.
"Gross, Toothless, you know that doesn't wash off!" Hiccup yelled.
With that, he gently shoved Toothless's head out of the way. Morgan was invested in the situation unfolding in front of himself, but he still stayed as still as a statue, he didn't want to be noticed by them due to the severe nervousness crawling through his body at this moment.
"Bud, just stay here for a moment whilst I cast the rod on the other side, as there'll be more fish on that than there will be here" Hiccup said to Toothless.
After Morgan listened in at that sentence, it dawned on him; he knew Toothless liked fish anyways, but he now knows why they're back at the cove; Hiccup is fishing up the exact same fish he gave to Toothless at the start, because he knows Toothless loved them. Hiccup reached into the saddle pack on Toothless and pulled out a stick with some string attached to it. Morgan's eyes were locked entirely on Toothless as Hiccup moved to the other side. He didn't want to get in the presence of the dragon, nor did he want to potentially die. With Hiccup fishing, it became clear that they won't be leaving here for some time, so breakfast might take a little longer for the 17 year old teen. Morgan slowly flicked out his phone behind the shield. The time was 9:39 AM, which relieved him a ton. To be sure that his chances of being seen were as low as possible, he gave the shield a little shove to make sure it was as tight as ever. It was still as hard as a boulder, so Morgan wouldn't be revealed as he was hiding out, thankfully. He turned on his phone again and his data to search up some facts on Night Furies, specifically Toothless. He had forgotten until now that Night Furies were the smartest of all dragons, so one small sound could make Toothless detect Morgan. Morgan turned off his data in panic and just stayed still.
"I need to get out of here" he said in his whisper to himself, shivering.
He looked back over the shield to see Toothless facing in Morgan's direction as Hiccup seemed to have got a fish on the hook. With that, Morgan quickly dropped down to his knees, hoping the Night Fury didn't see him. He heard some footsteps move closer and closer to his position, as sweat started to drip off his hair. His breathing became louder and the atmosphere suddenly got a lot more tense. He looked up to see the Night Fury stare at the wall, with his neck over the shield, thinking a creature just disappeared into the wall. (It was Morgan's head he saw, but because Morgan dropped down that fast, Toothless couldn't tell that he did just that). The Night Fury stepped away, looking back at Hiccup.
"I've got your favourite, Toothless! you're gonna love em bud!" Hiccup yelled to Toothless, from the other side of the lake.
Morgan felt relieved that he avoided being seen. Even though Toothless is a heavily protective dragon, he wouldn't just hurt anyone, but Morgan's fear senses stopped him from seeing that. He heard another hook being laid into the lake, implying that Hiccup has caught some fish already. He heard some wings flap further away from his side, giving Morgan the urge to peek over the Shield again. He saw that Toothless had flown to Hiccup, which made Morgan less apprehensive and allowed him to look for a longer period. It was at this point that Morgan noticed he could just hide behind one of the two boulders that the shield is stuck to, and he also just realised his jeans were exposed from the gap he climbed under to get behind the shield. He slowly slid behind the left boulder, checking back at the shield to see Hiccup still fishing alongside Toothless on the opposite side of the lake. This was more scarier than Morgan expected.
With Hiccup and Toothless back in the cove fishing up some fish, what will Morgan do? will he overcome his fears and step into the open after getting excited about the fact that he can now meet his favourite characters off an animated movie? how did Morgan get into this world? what will come of it?